Extending unified process and method content to include dynamic and collaborative content
US8381169B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 30, 2007 |
| Grant date | Feb 19, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 23, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention discloses a unified process system that includes placeholders for editable content that extends unified process methods. The unified process system can store, manage, organize, and present information and artifacts associated with a unified process. The unified process system can include a placeholder defining tool configured to permit an authorized process engineer to associate placeholders with base methods of the unified process. Unified process consumers can input content to the placeholders, where the input content is thereafter automatically stored by the unified process system and is accessible to other unified process consumers having access to the unified process system. More specifically, placeholders can include a collaborative section for guidance content concerning a related base method and a dynamic section, dynamically built in response to received requests, which includes items to assist consumers to conduct a task for an associated base method.
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